Travelling Scholarships 2010

·        Do you enjoy international travel and meeting people?

·        Do you want to broaden your experience of planning?

·        Would you like to address Planning Summer School in York next September?

If 'YES', then apply for one of Planning Summer School’s Travelling Scholarships –worth up to £2000 each.

The awards are open to both planning practitioners and students.

Every scholarship has been established with £1,000 available to assist with the costs of international travel to study a planning issue of personal choice.  Additional money (up to £1,000) is available to cover the reasonable costs of attendance at Planning Summer School – in York in 2010 - where the winners will present their findings in an informal evening session. 

A short (2000 word) report is also required for the Planning Summer School web site.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to confirm their willingness to attend the school, to present their paper at the school and to make the presentation available for the Planning Summer School Web site

Applications for the scholarships should comprise a 300 word summary setting out the proposed destination, the planning purpose of your trip and its likely duration, intended methodology and contact information for yourself and two referees.   Applications should be clearly marked “Practitioner” or “Student”.  The judges will be looking for interesting and original proposals, capable of being undertaken and written up by the end of August 2010 and likely to be of interest to Planners attending Summer School.

Don't delay. Email your synopsis to arrive by mid-day on Friday 23 April 2010 to: Linda Durtnal, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   Tel: 01296 422161 and we'll let you know by the end of May whether you should start packing. 

The award of Scholarships will also be notified to Planning.

Background

In recent years the Scholarship has been used to travel to Europe, Africa, Asia and North and South America.  Scholarship winners have examined aspects of international planning practice including an exploration of mixed use industrial/residential developments in the Baden Wurttemberg region of Germany; redevelopment and regeneration of old military sites, again in Germany; urban settlement strategies in South Africa; bio-regional planning in British Columbia and Canada; community involvement in waterside regeneration in New York; new urbanism in Florida; the legacy of Jane Jacobs; and the provision of affordable housing in the San Francisco area.